Sugar-hauling apparatus



July 17, 1928.

J. SCHIFTNER *suem mumfi nrrm'rus Filed latch 23, 1927 3 Shana-Sheet Inventor v I Qj B] W flttarnqy N w g July 11,1928. 1,677,733

J. SCHIFTNER SUGAR HAULING APPARATUS Filed inch 23, 1927 s Sheets-Sheet 2 Attorney ln'uentlir July 17, 1928.

J. SCHIFTNER SUGAR 'H'A'IJDING KPPARA'TU'S\ Filed larch 23, 1927 Ammqj Patented July 17, 192a 1,677,733

T UNITED STATES PAT'ENTOFFICE,

JOSEPH sonirrnnn, or LAGLORIA, cuna suenneiraunme APPARATUS. Application filed. March 28, 1927. Serial No. 1 '77,784.

' The present invention relates to an 2115- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a truck paratus for hauling sugar from the cane and a cane car in position to be pulled up fields to the refinery, and aims to provide onto the truck.

an apparatus whereby a plurality of cane Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same cars may be left in th field to be filled and apparatus showing the cane car on the the use of-one, or more trucks having mech-- truck.

anism associated therewith whereby the Figure 3 is a perspective view, showing cane-cars may be easily and quickly pulled particularly the means for engaging the onto the truck tobe hauled to the refinery, cane car wlth the cable of a derrick.

and may be readily unloaded therefrom. Figure 4 is a top plan view of the truck, As is'well known, it is now the common showing the floor removed.

practice in the harvesting of; sugar cane, to Figure 5 is a detail sectionf takenfsubuse oxen, or other slow draft animals, to stantially on the line 5-5 of'Figure 1,"

draw the cane cars fromthe field to the re-' 'Figure 6" is a transverse sectiomtaken Y finery, and considerable time is lost in this substantiallyon the line 6-6of Figure 4.

way, and the harvest is made very expen- Figure 7 is an enlarged detail vertical sive. It is not feasible-to use automobile view, taken substantially on "the line 7--7 trucksbecause of-the length of time it would of Figure 1, and a v 1 require to actuallyload the trucks. My idea Figure 8 is a-detail section, taken substanis to use improved cane cars, and trucks, the tially on thel-ine 88 of Figure 7.

trucks doing, the hauling from the vicinity Referring to the drawingin detail, it

"of the field to the refinery, while the cars be seen that the letter A, denotes generally 7 are, aotually'used in the field. Thus I mainthe truck and the letter B denotes generally tain the efiicie-ncy and economy of the presone of the canecars. The truck has the cut system, in combination with the effi chassis structure 5, mounted on wheels 6 'ciency and'econorny of modern automobile and 7, in any suitable preferred manner.

' truck hauling.

Another very important object of the inchassis bar, for driving thetruckinany vention lies in the provision of an improved suitable well known manner. The numeral truck, having a gang plank. structure, which, I 9 denotes a bottom mounted on the chassis forms a part of the truck, and may be 00114 5 and side walls 10 rise therefrom, and a Anengine-S is mounted at the-front of the veniently and veasily slid to an extended pofloor 11 spansthe upper edges of the side I sitio-n or to a non-using position. i

Another very important objectof the inimposed parallel relation tothe bottom9. vention lies in the provision of means The floor 11 at its rear end is provided with whereby the truck may pull the cane car up a transverseshoulder' projecting downwardthe "gang plank structure onto the truck; lv from its bottom face, as is denoted at 7 Another important object of the inven- 12, terminating sufiiciently far from the bottiosn lies in the improved cane cars which are tom 9 to allow a pair of gang plan-ks 14 capable of being hauled up the gang plank to slide between the shoulder 12 andthe'botonto the truck, and which'have associated tom 9 to the position shown in 'Figure'5 or therewith means whereby a derrick may to the osition shown in'Figure 1. Thesereadily lift them from the truck at the regang panks' are spaced fromeachothen'by fine'rya partition wall 10". Blocks 15 are con- 4 With the above and numerous other obnected to the forward ends of thef'gang vlject s in view, iaswill' appear as the descripplanks 14, by flexible members '16 made of time proceeds, the invention resides in cercanvas or like'material. These blocks 15' are tain. novel features of construction, and in sufficiently thick as to be incapable ofpassthe combination and arrangement vof parts ing by the shoulders 12,. so that the gang as {Will be (hereinafter more fully described plank cannot "be totally disengaged from-the anc c aime truck unless the floor 11 is raised. In order walls 10 to be disposed in spaced super-' In the drawingsai I to facilitate the movement of the gang 7 which trucks may travel.

planks, rollers 17 are journaled between the sides of the chassis 5 to the rear of the bottom 9, over which the gang planks may roll clear of the floor 11 and then swing to the dotted line showing in Figure 5, at which time the members 16 will be taut. V

A frame 18 rises from the bottom 9 at the front end of the floor 11 and is braced wedge 24, which is journaled in bearing brackets at the bottom of the frame and above an opening 26, in the bottom 9. One end 27 of this wedge 24 is in the form of a gear meshingwith the gear 28 on drive shaft 29, of engine 8, to be driven thereby through a suitable clutch mechanism, or any other preferred means, such as is illustrated in Figure8.

The cane car B comprises a body 30, formed in any suitable manner, preferably in accordance with the well-known practice, having a detachable end gate 81 which is held in a closed tener 22. Axle brackets 33 depend from the forward and rear ends of the body 80 and carry respectively axles 35 and 36, on which are journaled wheels 37, all of which are of the same size. A third axle structure 38 depends from the center ofthe body and supports an axle 39, on approximately the same level as the axles and 36, but having ,journaled thereon wheels 40 of a much smaller diameter than wheels 37. A hook 41 projects forwardly from the forward end of the body to be engaged by the ring 23, as is clearly shown in Figure 1. A pair of rings 42 are mounted in the front corners of the top of the body 30, while a similar ring 7 43 is mounted at the center of the top of the rear of this body 30. A

44 has hooks 45 and 46 at its extremities engageable respectively with rings 42 and 43. An eye 47 is mounted at the approximate center of the T-shaped member to be engaged with a hook 48, on a cable 49, forming.

part of a frame structure 50.

a In using this apparatus, the cars 30 are distributed in the field at the convenient point for the harvest and after they have been loaded may be pushed to a roadway on be backed up to the front end of the car and the gang planks let down to the position shown in Figure 1. Then the cable 21 may be engaged with the car through hook and eye 41 and 23. Then, by operation of the winch'24, the car may be moved up the gang plank, and as it gets to the top of the gang plank, it will be seen that the small wheel derricks such as are position by a suitable fas-' 'T-shaped member Now a truck may 40 will engage the top of the gang plank, so as to function as a fulcrum to rock the car as it goes over the end of the truck. Then the car is pulled all of the way onto the automobile, and the hook is held in close proximity to the top of the frame 18. To further secure the car in place, posts 50 rise from the sides of the truck and pins 51 on wiresor cards 52, attached to the cars are inserted through eyelets 53 on the posts. The truck then carriers the cane car to the refincry and may be lifted from the truck by shown in Figure3, to advantage because of the T-shaped member 44 as heretofore described. I

It is tho'ughtthat the construction, operation, and advantages of this invention will now be clearly understood by those skilled in this art, without ,a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed indetail merely by way of example, since in practice, it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invention and the above description. It

will be apparent that the changes indetails of construction, in the combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to with out departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages. I

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim as new is:

1. In combination, a truck body comprising a bottom, side walls rising from the bottom, a floor on the side walls, a'gang plank movable between the bottom and the floor and between the side walls, a block, flexible means connecting the block with the gang plank, and a shoulder depending from the floor at the rearend thereof: allowing the passage of the gang plank but. preventing passage of the block. i

2. In combination,

walls rising from the bottom, a floor on the side walls above the bottom to provide gang plank movable between the bottom and the floor and between the side walls, a block, flexible means connecting the block with the gang plank, said block beingv movable in said space between the floor and the bottom, a shoulder depending from the floor at the rear end thereof and allowing the passage of the gang plank out of the-space between the bottom and floor but preventing the passage of the block and a-roller in the body outside of said space and remote from the shoulder over which the plank may move.

from said space,-

a space therebetween, a

3. In combination, a truck body, slideway means in the truck body, a gang block, a strip of flexible material one. end of the said plank, said connectin gang plank with the block, strip of flexible material and plank, a

said block being slidable in the slideway, and

means for preventing the block from being moved completely out of the slideway.

4;. In combination, 5 means in the truck a truck body, slideway body, a gang plank, a

said plank, said strip 0 f flexible material,

a roller journaled in the body and said block being slidable in the slideway, means for vpreventing the block from being moved completely out of the slideway, and remote from one end of the slideway over which the plank only may move.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. JOSEPH SCHIFTNER. 

